This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.
Is it any wonder the Brits are obsessed with the weather when one minute there is snow on the ground with bracing east winds and the next it is fifteen degrees and sunny? The winter finally appears to have gone but the blue skies and that little seen golden ball in the sky are reminding us what warmth feels like. It has been a long time. So of course, thoughts naturally turn towards summer plans. Where to go on holiday, barbeques and eating outside, clothes for the season. And books to buy. Here are our ten books to get you looking forward to the summer to come.
1. The Summer of Living Dangerously by Julie Cohen – Alice Woodstock is quite happily living in her best friend's attic, when Leo returns. She tries to escape the present by retreating into the past. The Regency period in fact. Dressing up as a character from a stately home is a lot easier than facing up to the truth.
2. It Happened One Summer by Polly Williams – Nell is a single mum, career woman and enjoying a romance for the first time in ages. She lives in London where it is easy for her to avoid her sister who is marrying her ex. Then she is called back to Cornwall for the summer, to the family home, where she will have to see her soon to be brother-in-law.
3. Firefly Summer by Maeve Binchy – set in a sleepy Irish town, where children are fulfilling a golden childhood and the residents are peaceful and friendly. Then an Irish-American man buys the run-down hotel to transform to its former glory, stirring things up in the town he never could have imagined.
4. Summer with my Sister by Lucy Diamond – Clare and Polly are sisters. One is a high flying career woman, the other is a single mum in a ramshackle cottage. They are very different and they don't have much to do with each other. Until Polly loses her job and her lifestyle, and is forced back to the village of her childhood to live with Clare.
5. Seven Days One Summer by Kate Morris – A group of old friends stay together in a villa in Italy. What could possibly go wrong?
6. Summer Daydreams by Carole Matthews – Nell McNamara works in a local chip shop. When the chip shop needs a makeover, Nell unleashes her creative talents. Inspired by what she can do she decides to make handbags – which are a huge success. But will this success come at a price?
7. The Summer of the Bear by Bella Pollen – Letty Fleming is mourning the sudden loss of her husband. Dragging her children home from Germany to the Hebridean island of her childhood she tries to discover the truth about his suspicious death. And Letty's children are dealing with their father's death in their own way…
8. Summer Loving by Allie Spencer – Four best friends go on a two week holiday to a remote Greek island, and their lives are turned upside down.
9. One Perfect Summer by Paige Toon – Alice and Joe fall in love one summer. Then Alice goes off to university and hearts are broken.
10. Summer of Love by Katie Fforde – Sian Bishop has moved from the city to the country and has a small but thriving business. She isn't looking for love. But then, one summer evening, Gus Beresford arrives.